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Burstead his old enemy had taken a farm near his own farm, in order, so they said at The Bending Mule, that he might flaunt Mrs. They also said that Burstead beat his wife and ill-used her horribly, and that she would give all her soul now that she was Stephen Brant's wife, but that she was a weak, silly young woman, poor thing.
Peter knew that it must be Mr. Samuel Burstead to whom Stephen was referring, and he too, as he listened, was suddenly filled with a sense of glory and exultation. Here after all was a way out of all trouble, all this half-seen, half-imagined terror of the past weeks.
Stephen whispered gently in Peter's ear: "Run home, Peter boy," and he kissed him very softly on the cheek then he put him down on the floor. Stephen rose from his chair and stood for an instant staring at the door. Then he walked across the room, brushing the people aside, and tapped the little man with the muffler on the shoulder: "Samuel Burstead," he said, "good evenin' to yer."
Stephen was very silent going across the Common and down the high road into the town, but Peter knew him too well by this time to interrupt his thoughts. He was thinking perhaps about his accounts that would not come right or about the fight and Burstead his enemy.
"'Fair fight, Sam Burstead, I says. "'Yer bloody pirate! says 'e. "'Pirate, is it? says I, landing him one and at that first feel of my 'and along o' 'is cheek all these devils that I've been sufferin' from just turned tail and fled. "Lord, I give it 'im! Lord, I give it 'im! "He's living, I reckon, but that's about all 'e is doing.
Here too was an end to all Stephen's morbid condition, sitting alone by himself, drinking, seeing no one now that he'd got Burstead between the eyes life would be a vigorous, decent thing once more. Stephen stopped his hymn and came and put his arm round Peter's neck. "Well, boy, to think of you coming round this evening.
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